Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Ethnic Studies - General

Originally published in 1973, this title analyses revolutionary changes in the Chinese education system and illustrates China's radical departure from both traditional and Western goals. In his extensive introduction, Peter J. Seybolt puts the transformation of education in the context of China's socio-economic development and offers insight into why educational reform is at the heart of Chinese society's radical progress. Additionally, this volume offers valuable historical background as well as a biographical guide and a glossary allowing for a fuller understanding of both historical and...

Asia: Critical Themes in Contemporary Security is new four volume collection featuring the key articles on the region published in "Survival," the International Institute for Strategic Studies bi-monthly journal, one of the world s leading forums for analysis and debate of international and strategic affairs.

Covering both East Asia and South Asia this is an ambitious and wide-ranging collection, covering a vast region of pivotal importance that continues to be a theatre for the power-plays of grand strategy. Articles by key and influential figures including, Coral Bell, Robert Scalpino...

This book examines contemporary migration to the United States through a surprising and compelling case study - the Nuer of Sudan, whose traditional life represents one of the most important case studies in the history of anthropology.
It provides an opportunity to examine issues of current importance within anthropology, such as social change, transnationalism, displacement, and diaspora in an easy to understand manner.

In understanding the experiences of the Nuer, students will not only gain insights into the world refugee problem and the role of immigration in the United...

Arguing against a model of cultural identity based on race, Gorra begins with Scott's portrait, in The Raj Quartet, of the character Hari Kumar-a seeming oxymoron, an "English boy with a dark brown skin," whose very existence undercuts the belief in an absolute distinction between England and India. He then turns to the opposed figures of...